Welcome to Blackpast

BlackPast - African American and Global African History

Welcome to BlackPast

This 6,000 page reference center is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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(1901) Congressman George H. White’s Farewell Address To Congress
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Wallace Fard (ca. 1891-1934)
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Lonne Elder III (1931-1996)
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Charles “Sonny” Liston (1932-1970)

Explore Global African History

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University of the West Indies (1948– )
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Rift Valley in East Africa
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Battle of Isandlwana (1879)
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(1966) Amilcar Cabral, “The Weapon of Theory”

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Pacific Bound: California’s 1852 Fugitive Slave Law
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Jazz in Occupied China: Black Jazzmen at the Japanese Prison Camp in Weihsien, China during World War II
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Arthur Allen Fletcher, “The Father of Affirmative Action”
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Slavery and Freedom on a Canadian Shore: Africa’s Children in Nova Scotia, 1750-2009

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators